String, adding a numeric value to a part

Ruby
1

Hello,

Suppose there’s a variable called ‘a’ with a value = 1.
Then I build a string “#{a} is really two”, which when printed gives
“1 is really two”.
How could I add a 1 to the a in that string to make it “2 is really
two”?

Is there some way I could do something like “#{a}.to_i + 1 is really
two”?

Best,

2

Mayuresh K. wrote:

Hello,

Suppose there’s a variable called ‘a’ with a value = 1.
Then I build a string “#{a} is really two”, which when printed gives
“1 is really two”.
How could I add a 1 to the a in that string to make it “2 is really
two”?

Is there some way I could do something like “#{a}.to_i + 1 is really
two”?

Best,

Inside #{} you can put whatever you want. “#{a+1} is really two”.

TPR.

3

2008/9/1 Thomas B. [email protected]:

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Best,

Inside #{} you can put whatever you want. “#{a+1} is really two”.

And if you want to modify the string after evaluation you can do this:

irb(main):012:0> s = “1 is really two”
=> “1 is really two”
irb(main):013:0> s.sub!(/\d+/) {|m| m.to_i + 1}
=> “2 is really two”
irb(main):014:0> s
=> “2 is really two”

Or even

irb(main):005:0> s = “1 is really two”
=> “1 is really two”
irb(main):006:0> s[/\d+/] = ($&.to_i + 1).to_s
=> “2”
irb(main):007:0> s
=> “2 is really two”

Kind regards

robert